Assailant uses baseball bat, car to attack men; three hospitalized

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Feb 15, 2013 at 5:51 PMFeb 15, 2013 at 5:52 PM

STOCKTON – A man told police someone deliberately ran over him and his friend about an hour after the same assailant severely beat them and two other men with a baseball bat Friday afternoon in central Stockton.

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STOCKTON – A man told police someone deliberately ran over him and his friend about an hour after the same assailant severely beat them and two other men with a baseball bat Friday afternoon in central Stockton.

Raymond Hendrickson, 47, said he was walking with three friends near East Lafayette and South Union streets about 3 p.m. when a man wielding a bat accused them of attempting to steal a car.

Hendrickson said the man beat them badly, sending one to the hospital with a head laceration and another there with a bone protruding from his arm. About an hour later, the two men who were not taken to the hospital, Hendrickson and 20-year-old Matthew Thomas, were walking on the sidewalk at East Lafayette Street and South Airport Way when the same assailant drove up in a silver Chevy pickup, Hendrickson said.

Hendrickson said the man drove onto the curb, striking Hendrickson and Thomas. The man then put his truck in reverse, running over Thomas a second time. “He did it on purpose,” Hendrickson said. “He came after us deliberately.”

Thomas was taken to the hospital with what appeared to be moderate injuries. Hendrickson declined medical treatment. The assailant was described as white man in his 30s with short hair and a medium build.

Read Saturday’s Record for more on this story by Record Staff Writer Jason Anderson.